This is the first time Arnold turns on a television set. The Pixley TV station is showing the exact same "Cowboys and Indians" stock footage that Arnold will watch throughout the series' run.
It took the Monroe brothers two months to rehang Fred Ziffel's front door. They also knocked down his front porch, but that was an accident.
The building inspector is Mr. Haney's cousin Buford Wilkins and is also played by Pat Buttram. He's the father of Eb's girlfriend, Ophelia.